2012 RES Economics Essay Competition is Underway!
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The 2012 essay competition for sixth form economists run by the Royal Economic Society is well underway. This year we have six essay titles that all encourage independent research and which provide an opportunity for students to showcase their understanding of economics, take evidence and come to reasoned conclusions. Posters have been sent out to over two thousand schools and colleges and some entries have already arrived!
We are really keen this year to broaden the spread of economics departments that motivate their students to enter the competition. In the next few weeks we will provide some support on individual questions highlighting some of the recently-published research and signposting some recommended links to high quality resources on the web.
These resources will be posted here - on the dedicated RES Essay Competition 2012 Channel on the Economics Blog
Our experience is that students love putting the economics they are taught into context and the RES competition is a terrific platform for developing skills of independent learning and communicating ideas and passion for the subject.
The final deadline for online entries is the last day of April so there is plenty of time to make a start and produce an essay that the judges will enjoy reading.
Here is a reminder of the titles for 2012:
1. Africa is well-placed to achieve rapid and sustainable development in the decade ahead. Do you agree?
2. Over a million young people in the UK are unemployed. What should be done to address the problem?
3. A breakup of the euro provides the best hope for a durable recovery of the European economy. Discuss
4. To what extent can we use ideas drawn from behavioural economics to help address specific social and economic problems?
5. Manufacturing’s share of the UK economy shrank from 19% in 1998 to 12% by 2007. Does this matter and, if so, how could policy revitalise British manufacturing?
6. Is there a better way out of the debt crisis than austerity?
The judging panel for the final shortlisted entries will be Professor Richard Blundell (RES), Charles Bean (Bank of England) and Stephanie Flanders (BBC)
The online entry form for the competition can be accessed here
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